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Post by mikediastavrone96 on May 5, 2017 22:31:25 GMT
Lately, I've felt a very personal affinity for Linklater as well. Watch moar Rohmer Oh, I've seen a good bit of Rohmer and he's one of my favorites of the French New Wave. Along with the interest in how people relate interpersonally that also characterizes Rohmer, what attracts me to Linklater most is his interest in time on both a thematic and narrative level. It also doesn't hurt that I'm American, so I share that cultural similarity with Linklater's characters. |
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Post by scorpio68 on May 6, 2017 7:30:38 GMT
Ingmar Bergman, Woody Allen, Federico Fellini, David Lynch
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Post by tobias on May 6, 2017 14:20:13 GMT
Oh, I've seen a good bit of Rohmer and he's one of my favorites of the French New Wave. Along with the interest in how people relate interpersonally that also characterizes Rohmer, what attracts me to Linklater most is his interest in time on both a thematic and narrative level. It also doesn't hurt that I'm American, so I share that cultural similarity with Linklater's characters. Makes sense I guess. Being german I find I can relate better to Rohmer's characters although I also like Linklater a lot (especially the Before Trilogy and Boyhood which fits exactly in with my generation). However I would assume that many germans could better relate to Linklater today because of the massive American influence on German culture. We've seen Boyhood in school and the response was rather good. I don't think any Rohmer film would have gotten a good response. Which Rohmer films have you seen btw? What's your favorite? |
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Post by tobias on May 6, 2017 14:22:47 GMT
I think Hitchcock is very personal, got a lot of sympathy for him. I don't really know what you mean by personal though, it's a very vague question. Tobias, stop analyzing word by freaking word. If you wanna talk about Hitchcock, sure. I'm just saying, your favorite directors aren't necessarily the most personal. There's a distinction, for me at least. I wasn't criticizing you. I can see why you find Hitchcock impersonal and the early films kind of were but his later films are very honest imo. I wasn't analyzing word by word, I just have little clue what exactly personal means. |
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on May 6, 2017 14:31:41 GMT
Oh, I've seen a good bit of Rohmer and he's one of my favorites of the French New Wave. Along with the interest in how people relate interpersonally that also characterizes Rohmer, what attracts me to Linklater most is his interest in time on both a thematic and narrative level. It also doesn't hurt that I'm American, so I share that cultural similarity with Linklater's characters. Makes sense I guess. Being german I find I can relate better to Rohmer's characters although I also like Linklater a lot (especially the Before Trilogy and Boyhood which fits exactly in with my generation). However I would assume that many germans could better relate to Linklater today because of the massive American influence on German culture. We've seen Boyhood in school and the response was rather good. I don't think any Rohmer film would have gotten a good response. Which Rohmer films have you seen btw? What's your favorite? I've seen all of his 1967-1976 works, plus Pauline at the Beach and the four A Tale of... films. My favorite is either My Night at Maud's or The Marquise of O..., but today I'd probably go with the former. I plan on seeing The Green Ray sometime soon hopefully. |
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Post by tobias on May 6, 2017 15:08:31 GMT
Makes sense I guess. Being german I find I can relate better to Rohmer's characters although I also like Linklater a lot (especially the Before Trilogy and Boyhood which fits exactly in with my generation). However I would assume that many germans could better relate to Linklater today because of the massive American influence on German culture. We've seen Boyhood in school and the response was rather good. I don't think any Rohmer film would have gotten a good response. Which Rohmer films have you seen btw? What's your favorite? I've seen all of his 1967-1976 works, plus Pauline at the Beach and the four A Tale of... films. My favorite is either My Night at Maud's or The Marquise of O..., but today I'd probably go with the former. I plan on seeing The Green Ray sometime soon hopefully. That's my personal alltime favorite if I'd have to settle with one film. Definitely very highly recommended and a great film to watch in spring or summer. The humor might be a little hard to get (maybe especially for an American because you have a different comedic tradition), I didn't get the humor at all the first time around but still thought it was a great film. It is a lot better though, if you can go along with the humor. My Night at Maud's would be my second pick in Rohmer's oeuvre. Of his 3 cycles I like the comedies and proverbs the most, I would highly recommend to finish it in general. I also have a Pauline at the Beach review up on IMDB if you're interested. |
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Post by moonman157 on May 6, 2017 15:18:50 GMT
Probably Linklater. Maybe not my favourite director but his films feel extremely intertwined with the way I view the world and with the values I would like to uphold. I wish I could feel his optimism and generosity towards the world, towards finding some small beauty in just existing on a daily basis, but I'm not there yet.
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Post by countjohn on May 10, 2017 1:40:48 GMT
Kubrick, Spielberg, Wes Anderson, Mike Nichols just for The Graduate, Nicholas Meyer for his Star Trek movies.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2017 3:01:00 GMT
Kubrick, Spielberg, Wes Anderson, Mike Nichols just for The Graduate, Nicholas Meyer for his Star Trek movies. I'd figure Welles |
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Post by countjohn on May 10, 2017 3:50:48 GMT
Kubrick, Spielberg, Wes Anderson, Mike Nichols just for The Graduate, Nicholas Meyer for his Star Trek movies. I'd figure Welles He and Kubrick are probably tied for my favorite director, but I can't think of Welles films that are "personal" in terms of just me. Maybe Magnificent Ambersons. Kane's a great movie but it's not like I relate to him all that much personally. That doesn't mean the movie still isn't emotionally affecting. |
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Post by avnermoriarti on May 10, 2017 4:58:48 GMT
I'm not sure what you mean, but I'm gonna take it as if share, in a way, the view on certain things or attitude of a director on something specific. In that case I'd probably go with Godard, because, like him, sometimes I adopt postures or positions for a moment to try them out and see what comes out of it to satiate my curiousity and see how far could I go with that.
I could name Antonioni, Ophuls, even Jarmusch but that's a different/heavier story
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Post by sally on May 11, 2017 9:13:14 GMT
Tarantino
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Post by chris3 on May 11, 2017 10:01:57 GMT
The directors that brought indie to the mainstream in the 90s (people like the Coens, Tarantino, and PTA) were the ones that got me into cinema in my pre-teen years, so they'll always have a strong place in my heart. Same goes with Scorsese and Woody Allen. Malick's films lend themselves to personal introspection as well, so I guess he counts too. I think the director in which I'm the most personally invested NOW, though, is definitely David Lynch. I've been obsessed with his work for about two years now.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on May 12, 2017 1:35:30 GMT
Soderbergh, Bennett Miller, Ang Lee, Miyazaki, James Ivory, Todd Haynes (from what I've seen), and Noah Baumbach off the top of my head.
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